Although the delegation had asserted that rape did not exist in Yemen, The Yemen Observer had apparently reported in May 2000 that a man had been sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment for repeatedly raping his daughter, and that the girl had been sentenced to five years.
Aunque la delegación ha afirmado que no existe la violación en el Yemen, parece que, en mayo de 2000, en el The Yemen Observer se informaba de que se había condenado a un hombre a 20 años de prisión por haber violado repetidamente a su hija y de que se había condenado a la niña a cinco años.